The History of Fiction. Being a critical account of the most celebrated prose works of fiction from the earliest Greek romances to the novels of the present age
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 (third edition)/ 1816. More
Books on Books
Bibliography of South Australia
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1886. Prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886; with an attractive lithographed title-page (signed 'Leo'); this copy has a presentation inscription from the author (dated 31 May 1886). 'It is to be regretted that some legislation was not passed in the early days..... More
Randolph Caldecott. A Personal Memoir of his Early Art Career
London, Sampson Low ... 1886. More
Bibliography of South Australia
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1886. Prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886; with a presentation inscription from the author to J.G.O. Tepper (see below). 'It is to be regretted that some legislation was not passed in the early days of the colony, enforcing the lodgment in the..... More
Bibliography of South Australia
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1886. Prepared for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London in 1886; with an attractive lithographed title-page (signed 'Leo'). With an eight-page bibliography of the Northern Territory (plus extra material in the appendix). More
A Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books in Literature, Science and the Fine Arts ... including many sumptuous books, in bindings of the highest quality. Offered at moderate prices by Henry Sotheran & Co
London, Sotheran, 1888. The original 'With Compliments' slip is loosely inserted. Not least, in the secondary catalogue, 'A Complete Set of Mr Gould's Magnificent Works' in 43 volumes for 1000 pounds. More
A Bibliography of Australian Economic Botany. Part I
Sydney, Government Printer, 1892. Technical Education Series, No. 10. In categories, such as Food (6 pages), Drugs (7 pages) and Timbers (7 pages). More
Australasian Bibliography... Catalogue of Books in the Free Public Library, Sydney, relating to, or published in, Australasia... Reference Library, 1869-1888. (Part I: Authors, Editors, or Reference. Part II: Colonies, &c. Part III: Classified Subject and Title)
Sydney, Government Printer, 1893. More
Fifty Years of the Port Adelaide Institute, Incorporated, with Supplementary Catalogue
Adelaide, Vardon and Pritchard, 1902. More
American Specimen Book of Type Styles. Complete Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Printing Supplies, 1912
Jersey City, American Type Founders Company, 1912. 'Our card index number of this copy is ... A41705' is printed on the first page. More
A History of Paper Manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916
New York, Lockwood Trade Journal, 1916. Some relevant ephemera is loosely inserted. More
A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of his Work
London, T. Werner Laurie, 1922. Number 21 of 600 copies signed by the author and "privately printed for subscribers only". With a comprehensive bibliography by Henry Danielson (pages 231-283). More
The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser
London, Dent, 1923. More
Love-Tales from Tallemant rendered from the French
London, Grafton, 1925. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. Number 634 of 1000 copies. More
The Collected Poems ...
London, Heinemann, 1926/ 1923. With the bookplate and ownership signature of Harry Muir. More
The Intertype. Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment
Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation, 1929. Number 2527, upper limit not specified. More
Desiderata. A Guide to Good Books. Number 6, 1st November 1930
Adelaide, F.W. Preece & Sons (and printed at the Hassell Press), 1930. Not least, pp 25-26, The Home of the Blizzard by Sir Douglas Mawson, and the rear cover advertising the 1930 abridged popular edition. More
A Century of Journalism. The Sydney Morning Herald and its Record of Australian Life
Sydney, John Fairfax and Sons, 1931. With the bookplate of Fred Johns, the first Australian Who's Who compiler, designed by Sidney Ure Smith. More
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Simeon Ide. Yeoman, Freeman, Pioneer Printer. With a Genealogy of the Ide Family [and a] Bibliography of the Imprints of Simeon Ide
Rutland, The Tuttle Company, 1931. Important colonial American printer. More
Victoria as an Advertising Field. 'The Argus' Type Faces. Together with Some Facts compiled and issued with the Compliments of the Proprietors of 'The Argus'
Melbourne, Wilson and Mackinnon, Printers [and Proprietors of 'The Argus', 'The Star' and 'The Australasian'], [1934]. More
Oxford University Press General Catalogue. Eighth Edition to 31 July 1935
Oxford, Humphrey Milford, (August) 1935. More
A Centenary Bibliography of the Pickwick Papers
London, Argonaut, 1936. More
Catalogue of the late Mr. ... Champion Hackett's Library of Valuable Books ...
Adelaide, Theodore Bruce & Co., Fine Art Auctioneers, [1938]. Some 3252 lots were offered for sale; some prices realised are pencilled in, but bibliographical details are thin on the ground. More
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De Luxe Publications [cover title]
[Sydney, The Author, 1938]. Inscribed, dated (1939) and signed by Barnett. Basically a catalogue of Barnett's publications, 'Limited de luxe editions designed and published by the author and printed by Harrie P. Mortlock's Beacon Press'. The mounted Japanese prints were 'two of the smaller illustrations from "Japanese Colour-Prints"'. The bookplate..... More
A Checklist of Ex Libris Literature published in Australia
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 170 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). With the ownership signature of Edward Edgar Pescott. More
A Checklist of Ex Libris Literature published in Australia
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1942. Number 76 of 250 copies signed by the author (and the first publication of his Wakefield Press). More
The Intertype. A Book of Instruction for its Operation and General Maintenance
Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation, 1943. More
The Rakehelly Man and other Verses
Christchurch, Caxton Press, 1946. Inscribed and signed by the author. Lino-cuts by Robert Brett. More
Bookplates. A Selection from the Works of Charles ... Capon. Together with a Foreword and Complete Check List of over Fifty Plates
Portland, The Anthoensen Press, [c.1950]. Number 147 of 300 copies (250 of which were for sale). Eight leaves of illustrations include one tipped-in bookplate. More
Australian Bookplates and Bookplates of Interest to Australia
Sydney, [The Author], 1950. Number 76 of the standard issue of 200 copies signed by the author; a further 100 copies in two deluxe editions were also published. Loosely inserted is a small leaflet listing publications by Barnett, with his postal address stamp on the otherwise blank verso. Provenance: Johannes..... More
Fun with Book-plates. A Souvenir of 'Australian Book-plates', issued to the Author's Guests on the Occasion of its First Public Appearance, May, 1951
Sydney, Privately Printed (for the Author by the Beacon Press), 1951. Number 21 of only 100 signed copies. More
Pressmen and Governors. Australian Editors and Writers in Early Tasmania ...
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1952 (first edition). Number 218 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. More
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P. Neville Barnett and his Books [cover title]
[Sydney, The Author, 1952]. Inscribed and signed by Barnett on the first page (which also carries the small name-stamp of Johannes Larsen). A checklist of Barnett's publications on bookplates and Japanese prints, with reprints of articles on him (and them) by Al Milgrom, Alan Yates and Alan Rigby (the first..... More
A Book is Built. More Conversations for Authors
Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1953. One of 450 copies. More
The Literature of Australian Birds. A History and Bibliography of Australian Ornithology
Perth, Paterson Brokensha, 1954. More
The Penrose Annual. A Review of the Graphic Arts ... Volume 50, 1956
London, Lund Humphries, 1955. More
The Art of Book-Collecting in Australia
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1956. Number 331 of 500 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
The Penrose Annual. A Review of the Graphic Arts. Volume 51 ... 1957
London, Lund Humphries, 1957. More
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Bogbinder og Bogtrykker
Kobenhavn, Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1957. Bookbinder and Bookmaker. Danish Text. More
Bibliography of South Australian Geology. Includes all literature published up to and including June, 1958
[Adelaide], South Australian Department of Mines and Geological Survey, 1959. More
Bibliography of South Australian Geology. Includes all literature published up to and including June, 1958
[Adelaide], South Australian Department of Mines and Geological Survey, 1959. More
English Vernacular Hands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1960. One of the Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks. More
The Penrose Annual. Volume 55 1961. A Review of the Graphic Arts
London, Lund Humphries, 1961. More
Centuria Librorum Absconditorum. Being Notes Bio-, Biblio-, Icono- graphical and Critical, on Curious and Uncommon Books. By Pisanus Fraxi
London, Charles Skilton, 1962 (facsimile edition)/ 1879. The second of three independent volumes of this classic bibliography of prohibited books, many of them of an erotic nature. One of only 395 copies. More
Fanfrolico and After
London, The Bodley Head, 1962. With the embossed ownership details of collector Sir Thomas Meek Ramsay (1907-1995), of Kiwi boot polish fame. More
George Canning. A Contemporary Tribute to Him, from a Manuscript now in the Queensland University Library and Archives [cover title]
Brisbane, The Shapcott Press, May 1963. The lengthy colophon on the verso of the rear cover states that the item 'was wholly set by hand by Harrison Bryan & Brian Donaghey and printed with the assistance of the English Honours students in the University of Queensland'. Loosely inserted is a...... More
Australian Little Magazines, 1923-1954. Their Role in forming and reflecting Literary Trends
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964. More
Catalogue of the ...G. Coles Australiana Collection. To be sold at auction by Leonard Joel Pty Ltd, July 28, 29, 30, 1965
East Melbourne, Gaston Renard, 1965. With the 7-page prices-realised pamphlet loosely inserted. More
Bibliomania. An Australian Book Collector's Essays
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1965 (first edition). More